Combined spoon-holder and knife-rest



(NQO Model.)

P. B. sMITH.

COMBINED SPOON HOLDER AND KNIFE REST. No; 304,039.

Patented Aug. 26, 1884;

M H FLEEE E 5. Q l L- U TTED STATES PATENT @rricn,

FRANK B. SMITH, OF NOR-TH SPRING-FIELD, MISSOUR I.

COMBlNED SPOON-HOLDER AND KNIFE-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,039, dated August26, 1884.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK B. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at North Springfield, in the county of Greene and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinedSpoon- Holders and KnifeRests; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention is a new and useful combined spoon-holder and knife-rest,the object of which is to provide an adjustable, cheap, simple, durable,and ornamental device for attaching to soup-dishes, plates, and othervessels to hold or support a spoon or knife, so as to prevent itsslipping into the dish or dripping out side. These objects I attain bymeans of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which- Figure l is a view in elevationshowing the device attached to a vessel. Fig. 3 is a similar view. Fig.2 is a view of the same detached.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

F is an ordinary spoon, dish.

13 O D G- I represent the device, preferably made of wire, composed ofany suitable material, to be bent, twisted, and formed as hereinafterexplained.

B is a support, or the part of the device for holding and supporting thespoon. It is composed of two jaws, b b, for clasping the small part f ofa spoon, and is preferably made of material that will spring, so as moreeasily to receive a spoon, and it has a spring-loop, N, to make itself-adjusting to different-sized spoons.

G is a bow, forming a spring-clasp to receive the edge of a vessel tosecure the device thereto. On the upper part of this bow is formed aspring-fork, I I, for receiving the blade of a knife and holding it.

D is an expansion on the lower outer end of the spring clasp or how 0.It is to prevent the device from turning or twisting to either side.

E alknife, and H a G is a hook on the lower part of the expansion D, forsupporting any desired utensil.

The device may be constructed of any desired metal. I prefer to form itof one piece of wire by bending it at its middle g and. twisting orwinding the wires or ends about each other long enough to be bent forforming wires, and thus forming a spring-catch for a kniferest. Thewires or ends are again twisted together and bent to fit over the top ofthe vessel down on the inside, to form a clasp at a point, 0", oppositeto the expansion, and then bent up inward to a point near I I. The wiresare then bent, diverging to form a spring-loop, b, and, preferably on alevel with the top of the vessel, they cross each other and extendoutward sidewise, forming a fiat surface for the spoon to rest upon, andalso the blade of a knife when the spoon is removed. At the points b If(about the width of the small part f of a spoon) the wires are againturned back, and, coming near each other, are again slanted outward andagain turn in, with the ends turned and rolled back upon themselves, Z)N, as shown.

The device is placed upon a vessel by taking hold of the support 13 andhook G and open ing the clasp formed by the bow It may thus be easilysecured to any vessel. Thus secured a knife may be placed and securelyheld in the fork I I,while the part of the blade extending over the dishor vessel may rest in the spoon-support, out of the way of the contentsof the vessel. The hook G is useful in placing and removing the device,as well as for supporting articles on the outside of the vessel. Onsoup-dishes, when desired, the fork for the knife may be dispensed with;but it is preferably formed as above set forth.

At the upper middle part of 6- Having thus described the constructionand combined with a spring-fork, I I, and spring use of my invention,What I claim as new, and bow O, substantially as set forth. I 5 desireto secure by Letters Patent, is 4. The device composed of Wire twistedand 1. A combined spoonsupport and knifebent to form a hook, G, bow C,fork II, spring- 5 rest composed of a hook, G, expansion 1), loop b andjaws b b, all substantially as and spring-bow G, spring-fork I I, andsupport B, for the purpose set forth. havingaspring-loop, I),substantially as shown In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in 20and described. presence of two witnesses. 2. A spoon-support comprisinga support T to having jaws Z) I), a spring-loop, if, and a spring- FRALKSMITH clasp, 0, having an expansion, 1), all substan- \Vitnesses: tiallyas shown and described. S. A. HAZELTINE,

3. A support, 13, having a spring-loop, 7), J. D. VAN BIBBER.

